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Licensable Features in Lifecycle Controller
The Web Services for Management (WSMAN) License and Privilege Specification encompasses all the license and
privilege information that is required to utilize the WSMAN API provided by the integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller 2.0.
The Lifecycle Controller manageability capabilities are partitioned into distinct areas and represented by the Dell
Common Information Model (DCIM) profile specifications that provide comprehensive details about each manageability
feature or capability. These features may be free, partially licensed, or fully licensed. Furthermore, the accessibility of a
feature is defined by the credentials provided with the WSMAN request and maps to the user-assigned privilege
credential, such as administrator or read-only access.
What is the Web Service API?
Web Services-Management (WSMAN) is a Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) open standard, defining a
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)—based protocol for managing servers, devices, applications, and various Web
services. WSMAN provides a common way for systems to access and exchange management information across the IT
infrastructure.
DMTF is an industry organization that develops, maintains, and promotes standards for systems management in
enterprise IT environments.
The DMTF data model is complex and typically requires multiple transactions to accomplish simple operations such as
specifying a user name and password, or giving administrator privileges to a user account. Therefore, Lifecycle
Controller also offers a Dell data model for management that is based on an attribute model.
Where can the Lifecycle Controller API be used from?
Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services is a standards-based interface that enables consoles to integrate, for example,
bare-metal provisioning and one-to-many operating system deployments, for remotely-located servers. Dell’s Lifecycle
Controller takes advantage of the capabilities of both Lifecycle Controller and Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services to
deliver significant advancement and simplification of server deployment.
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